PHOEBE
”Uhhhhmmmmmmmmmuhhhhhhhhh…” Jax hummed thoughtfully. ”All of them. Choc-et chips, peanut butter, smickendodole…” As Jax absolutely butchered the pronunciation of “snickerdoodle”, Rhett visibly winced before turning to look at him. ”Snickerdoodle.” Rhett corrected. ”Yeah, that’s what I said to him!” Jax huffed at him.
”No you didn’t.” Rhett argued.
”Yeahuh I did!” Jax argued back.
”Nuhuh.”
"Yeah – HUH!”
”Nuh-UH!”
Now the volume had risen enough for Phoebe to noticed and she came into the room, looking very stern. ”Boys!” she snapped with a sort of motherly tone that would make even a grown person straighten up. Jax and Rhett indeed went stick straight. ”What have I told you about shouting at each other?”
”It only hurts feelings and doesn’t fix anything.” the boys near recited, looking down bashfully. Phoebe nodded, pleased with the response. ”Now what happened?”
”Jax said snickerdoodle wrong, and I told him how, but he kept saying he said it right but he didn’t.” Rhett said quickly before his brother could get in his side, making Jax pout. As odd as that sentence may have been, clearly Phoebe had experience enough things similar to not be phased. ”Jax, did you mispronounce the word and get embarrassed?” she asked, getting a pouty nod from the boy. ”Well, there is no reason to be embarrassed. Snickerdoodle is a hard word to say.” she said, giving Rhett a look.
”I am sorry for embarrassing you. I was just trying to help.” Rhett said, equally bashfully. Then the look from Phoebe got turned back to Jax. ”It’s okay. I’m sorry for yelling at you.”
Once Rhett accepted the apology, she sent Jax back to the couch to continue reading. ”Sorry about that.” she said softly to Loren as she made to go back to the kitchen.
”No you didn’t.” Rhett argued.
”Yeahuh I did!” Jax argued back.
”Nuhuh.”
"Yeah – HUH!”
”Nuh-UH!”
Now the volume had risen enough for Phoebe to noticed and she came into the room, looking very stern. ”Boys!” she snapped with a sort of motherly tone that would make even a grown person straighten up. Jax and Rhett indeed went stick straight. ”What have I told you about shouting at each other?”
”It only hurts feelings and doesn’t fix anything.” the boys near recited, looking down bashfully. Phoebe nodded, pleased with the response. ”Now what happened?”
”Jax said snickerdoodle wrong, and I told him how, but he kept saying he said it right but he didn’t.” Rhett said quickly before his brother could get in his side, making Jax pout. As odd as that sentence may have been, clearly Phoebe had experience enough things similar to not be phased. ”Jax, did you mispronounce the word and get embarrassed?” she asked, getting a pouty nod from the boy. ”Well, there is no reason to be embarrassed. Snickerdoodle is a hard word to say.” she said, giving Rhett a look.
”I am sorry for embarrassing you. I was just trying to help.” Rhett said, equally bashfully. Then the look from Phoebe got turned back to Jax. ”It’s okay. I’m sorry for yelling at you.”
Once Rhett accepted the apology, she sent Jax back to the couch to continue reading. ”Sorry about that.” she said softly to Loren as she made to go back to the kitchen.
When the static clears
And all is said and done
I will realize that we all need someone
